ryan.warrey :
Coming from someone who’s spent a small fortune on gear and film school, it’s 90% lighting, 10% camera. Use natural light as much as you can, find a big bright window, grab a cheap reflector. Think in terms of Key (the window), fill (reflector), and back (the lighting behind you, called the kick light because it separates the subject from the background. That can be anything). But if you buy any lighting, don’t fall into the trap and buy the cheapest brightest light. You want big, bright, diffused, and high CRI if you care about skin tones. For your phone, record 4k 60fps, pick a better standard color profile. 99% don’t need a professional camera, just good bright diffused lighting. The more light you give that tiny phone sensor, the sharper and cleaner the image (low iso). Step up the quality more with the FinalCut camera app if you really want. Oh, composition matters physiologically more than ppl think too! There’s your film school 101
2026-08-05 01:56:59